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Alicia Brown
Hi!
I love data, technology and enabling teams to inform decisons and accelerate transparency. Whether it’s through interactive Notebooks with R, Python, SQL and Markdown, Excel/Power BI’s Get and Transform Data or Tableau Public, I take great joy in using the latest libraries and builds to retrieve, reshape and craft delightful and reproducible data experiences and visualizations in the form of Dashboards, Shiny Apps and PDF/Word Reports.
I seek to improve processes and lean on agile frameworks to deliver value to stakeholders and create a high quality culture for developers, engineers and analysts.
Experience
Technical Solution Architect
Socrata / Tyler Technologies - Data and Insights Division
Seattle, WA
present - 2018
- Partner with public sector agencies and governments to share their data within their organization and community for informed decision-making and transparency
- Empower the discovery of insights in data by teams via Data Science and Business Intelligence Tools and Programming Languages (Power BI, Tableau, R, Python, SQL, Excel, Power Query)
- Provide guidance on establishing strong data programs to ensure the integrity, availability and accessibility of data
Senior Data Analyst
Socrata - Global Services
Seattle, WA
2018 - 2015
- Consulted on best practices on Data Governance, Metadata, Standards and Quality
- Developed custom ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) for multiple client tools and source systems
- Enabled the automation of data retrieval from external APIs for tracking performance across common indicators and benchmarking against peers
Technical Project Manager
H.D. Vest Financial Services / Wells Fargo Advisors
Seattle, WA
2013 - 2010
- Led migration of applications, data and files from Wells Fargo servers to new H.D. Vest environment
- Worked closely with cross functional teams across the organization to ensure successful execution of change requests and migration events
- Led sustainability team to improve robustness of portal web applications
Senior Web Developer
H.D. Vest Financial Services / Wells Fargo Advisors
Dallas, TX
2010 - 2000
- Led portal team integration project with Wachovia platform (data migration, SSO, login, and application integration)
- Full stack developer of web applications using C#, VB.net, VBScript, SQL for Advisor and Client sites
Notable Projects
Pierce County Performance Dashboard
Pierce County, WA
2018
Partnered with departments to identify measurable data to use for analysis of performance, develop sustainable methods for publishing data and retrieving common indicators from census and bls apis.
Oakland Equity Indicators
https://data.oaklandnet.com/stories/s/brb2-j4ad
Oakland, CA
2018
The report features 72 indicators across six themes: Economy, Education, Public Health, Housing, Public Safety and Neighborhood and Civic Life to score how equitable Oakland is between groups with the highest and lowest values for a given indicator.
Michigan Financial & School Dashboards
micommunityfinancials.michigan.gov
Lansing, MI
2016
Worked with Michigan Department of Treasury / Schools to monitor financial and enrollment data across localities and educational entities.
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master (CSM®)
Scrum Alliance
Seattle, WA
BI - Techniques for Decision Making
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
FME Certified Professional
Safe Software
Vancouver, BC
Education
Texas Christian University
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
Fort Worth, TX
Texas A&M University
Bachelors of Arts - Anthropology
College Station, TX